Rethinking Suburban Governance in the CEE Region: A Comparison of Two Municipalities in Poland and Lithuania

In this article, we seek to analyse and compare the modalities of suburban governance in Polish and Lithuanian municipalities looking at the territorial development trends typical for the Central Eastern Europe region. The theoretical elaborations on suburban governance are evolving towards the anal...

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Main Authors: Jurga Bučaitė-Vilkė, Joanna Krukowska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cogitatio 2020-12-01
Series:Social Inclusion
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Online Access:https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/3365
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spelling doaj-c17d4160d618455099f1bf0ec8ec939e2020-12-14T10:28:18ZengCogitatioSocial Inclusion2183-28032020-12-018424225210.17645/si.v8i4.33651745Rethinking Suburban Governance in the CEE Region: A Comparison of Two Municipalities in Poland and LithuaniaJurga Bučaitė-Vilkė0Joanna Krukowska1Department of Sociology, Vytautas Magnus University, LithuaniaDepartment of Local Development and Policy, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, University of Warsaw, PolandIn this article, we seek to analyse and compare the modalities of suburban governance in Polish and Lithuanian municipalities looking at the territorial development trends typical for the Central Eastern Europe region. The theoretical elaborations on suburban governance are evolving towards the analysis of constellations of diverse actors, institutions and processes that define the politics and design of suburban spaces. We assume that there are similarities and differences in suburban governance in the analysed localities compared to Western countries in terms of networks, actors and territorialisation of local politics. Despite both suburban municipalities showing similarities in suburban development patterns (growing middle-class population, economic capital accumulation, suburban sprawl and interconnectedness with the metropolitan zone), the analysis reveals the main differences in terms of composition and importance of horizontal and vertical networks, the role of local stakeholders and collective action. The article concludes that both localities represent a specific approach to suburban governance marked by low stakeholders’ participation, dependence on the top down vertical state and regional networks and the creation of urban-suburban policies within metropolitan areas.https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/3365local governmentsocial mobilizationsuburban governancesuburban municipalities
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Rethinking Suburban Governance in the CEE Region: A Comparison of Two Municipalities in Poland and Lithuania
Social Inclusion
local government
social mobilization
suburban governance
suburban municipalities
author_facet Jurga Bučaitė-Vilkė
Joanna Krukowska
author_sort Jurga Bučaitė-Vilkė
title Rethinking Suburban Governance in the CEE Region: A Comparison of Two Municipalities in Poland and Lithuania
title_short Rethinking Suburban Governance in the CEE Region: A Comparison of Two Municipalities in Poland and Lithuania
title_full Rethinking Suburban Governance in the CEE Region: A Comparison of Two Municipalities in Poland and Lithuania
title_fullStr Rethinking Suburban Governance in the CEE Region: A Comparison of Two Municipalities in Poland and Lithuania
title_full_unstemmed Rethinking Suburban Governance in the CEE Region: A Comparison of Two Municipalities in Poland and Lithuania
title_sort rethinking suburban governance in the cee region: a comparison of two municipalities in poland and lithuania
publisher Cogitatio
series Social Inclusion
issn 2183-2803
publishDate 2020-12-01
description In this article, we seek to analyse and compare the modalities of suburban governance in Polish and Lithuanian municipalities looking at the territorial development trends typical for the Central Eastern Europe region. The theoretical elaborations on suburban governance are evolving towards the analysis of constellations of diverse actors, institutions and processes that define the politics and design of suburban spaces. We assume that there are similarities and differences in suburban governance in the analysed localities compared to Western countries in terms of networks, actors and territorialisation of local politics. Despite both suburban municipalities showing similarities in suburban development patterns (growing middle-class population, economic capital accumulation, suburban sprawl and interconnectedness with the metropolitan zone), the analysis reveals the main differences in terms of composition and importance of horizontal and vertical networks, the role of local stakeholders and collective action. The article concludes that both localities represent a specific approach to suburban governance marked by low stakeholders’ participation, dependence on the top down vertical state and regional networks and the creation of urban-suburban policies within metropolitan areas.
topic local government
social mobilization
suburban governance
suburban municipalities
url https://www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclusion/article/view/3365
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